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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1544
To direct the head of the Department of Government Efficiency to submit
a report to Congress on the personnel of the Department and present
information to Congress on the activities carried out by the Department,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY24, 2025
Mr. S
UBRAMANYAM (for himself, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. JACKSON
of Illinois, Ms. J
ACOBS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. LARSONof Con-
necticut, Ms. T
LAIB, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI,
Ms. L
OISFRANKELof Florida, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform
A BILL
To direct the head of the Department of Government Effi-
ciency to submit a report to Congress on the personnel
of the Department and present information to Congress
on the activities carried out by the Department, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Enforce-2
ment Against Setbacks from Harmful DOGE Actions 3
Act’’ or the ‘‘LEASH DOGE Act’’. 4
SEC. 2. REQUIRING PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON EM-5
PLOYEES AND ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT 6
OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. 7
(a) R
EPORT.—The head of the United States DOGE 8
Service (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Department of Gov-9
ernment Efficiency’’ or ‘‘DOGE’’) shall submit a report 10
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 11
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 12
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-13
ate containing the following information: 14
(1) A list of— 15
(A) all employees of the Department, in-16
cluding special Government employees, and a 17
description of each employee’s role; and 18
(B) all employees of the Executive Office 19
of the President, including any individual serv-20
ing as a Senior Advisor to the President, whose 21
duties include advising the President on the op-22
erations of the Department. 23
(2) For each such employee, a statement of 24
whether the employee has undergone a background 25
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check and, if so, the results of the background 1
check. 2
(3) For each such employee, a statement of 3
whether the employee has a security clearance. 4
(4) For each such employee, a statement dis-5
closing any conflict of interest held by the employee, 6
including (if applicable) a description of a plan en-7
tered into by the employee to address such conflicts 8
and the person with whom the employee entered into 9
the plan. 10
(b) A
PPEARANCE ATMEETINGS OFCOMMITTEES.— 11
(1) A
PPEARANCE OF HEAD OF DOGE RE -12
QUIRED.—The head of DOGE and any Senior Advi-13
sor to the President described in subsection 14
(a)(1)(B) shall appear at a closed meeting of the 15
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 16
the House of Representatives and a closed meeting 17
of the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-18
ernmental Affairs of the Senate to present informa-19
tion on the activities carried out by the Department 20
as of the date of the meeting and on the activities 21
the Department intends to carry out after such date. 22
(2) I
NFORMATION ON ACCESS TO PERSONALLY 23
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION .—The head of DOGE 24
and any Senior Advisor to the President described in 25
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subsection (a)(1)(B) shall include in the information 1
presented at a meeting under this subsection a de-2
scription of the extent to which employees of DOGE 3
have obtained access to computer systems of the 4
Federal Government, along with a description of the 5
types of personally identifiable information contained 6
in such systems for which such employees have ob-7
tained access. 8
(c) P
UBLICWEBSITE ONDOGE INFORMATION.— 9
(1) E
STABLISHMENT AND OPERATION .—The 10
head of DOGE shall establish and operate a public 11
website through which members of the public may 12
obtain the following information in human-readable 13
form: 14
(A) A list of employees of DOGE, include 15
special Government employees, their titles, and 16
a description of their role in DOGE. 17
(B) The number of employees laid off and 18
put on administrative leave within each office of 19
the Federal Government. 20
(C) A list of programs and activities within 21
each office of the Government for which fund-22
ing has been reduced, and the amount by which 23
such funding has been reduced. 24
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(D) A list of programs and activities with-1
in each office of the Government for which 2
funding has been paused, and a timeline on 3
when a final decision will be made regarding 4
that funding. 5
(E) A list of programs and activities within 6
each office of the Government for which fund-7
ing has been eliminated. 8
(F) A list of individuals, including their 9
contact information, whom Federal employees, 10
recipients of Federal financial assistance, and 11
members of the public may contact with ques-12
tions about the status of Federal personnel and 13
Federal financial assistance. 14
(2) U
PDATES.—The head of DOGE shall up-15
date the information provided on the website under 16
this subsection not less frequently than once per 17
week. 18
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF DOGE AGENCY 19
TEAMS. 20
(a) T
REATMENT AS EMPLOYEE OF DOGE.—For 21
purposes of this Act, an employee of an agency who serves 22
on the DOGE Agency Team of the agency in accordance 23
with section 3(c) of Executive Order 14158 shall be con-24
sidered an employee of DOGE. 25
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(b) PROVISION OFINFORMATION.—The head of each 1
agency for which a DOGE Agency Team has been estab-2
lished in accordance with such Executive Order shall pro-3
vide the head of DOGE with such information as may be 4
necessary for the head of DOGE to carry out the require-5
ments of this Act. 6
SEC. 4. DEADLINES; RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUNDS. 7
(a) D
EADLINES.—Not later than March 31, 2025, 8
the head of DOGE shall submit the report required under 9
section 2(a), appear at meetings under section 2(b), and 10
operate the public website under section 2(c). 11
(b) R
ESTRICTIONS ONUSE OFFUNDS.—If the head 12
of DOGE fails to comply with subsection (a)— 13
(1) any funds appropriated or otherwise made 14
available for the Department of Government Effi-15
ciency, including amounts previously available for 16
the United States Digital Service, may be used only 17
to carry out activities initiated prior to January 20, 18
2025; and 19
(2) no Federal funds may be used for any 20
DOGE Agency Team established in accordance with 21
section 3(c) of Executive Order 14158, 22
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until the head of DOGE submits the report required under 1
section 2(a), appears at meetings under section 2(b), and 2
operates the public website under section 2(c). 3
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